Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, Third Edition discusses the many works that have been banned over the centuries because they offended or merely ignored official truths; challenged widely held assumptions; or contained ideas or language unacceptable to a state, religious institution, or private moral watchdog.
Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, Third Edition discusses the many works that have been banned over the centuries because they offended or mere...
Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds, Third Edition examines the issues underlying the suppression of more than 120 works deemed sexually obscene.
New and revised entries include:
America: The Book (Jon Stewart)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
The Arabian Nights (Sir Richard Burton, trans.)
The Art of Love (Ovid)
Forever (Judy Blume)
Gossip Girl series (Cecily von Ziegesar)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
Lady Chatterly's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Rabbit Run (John Updike)
Snow Falling on...
Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds, Third Edition examines the issues underlying the suppression of more than 120 works deemed sexually obscene. ...